Automobile hood cover



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F. A. MAHAN ET AL AUTOMOBILE HOOD COVER Flled Jan 17 1925 Patented Dec.22, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANCIS A. MAHAN AND CHARLE$ H. MCCARTHY, OE W'ATEBBURY, CONNECTICUT.

AUTOMOBILE HOOD COVER.

Application filed January 17, 1925. Serial No. 3,194.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, Framers A. MAHAN and CHARLES H. MCCARTHY, citizensof'the United States, and residents of \Vaterbury, county of New Haven,and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new ant usefulImprovements in Automobile Hood Covers, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to automobile hood covers, and more particularlyto a device for use in winter to prevent freezing of the water in thecooling system of the engine.

One object of this invention is to provide a hood cover made from asingle piece of sheet material and adapted to be folded into positionover the hood and secured thereto whenever desired.

A further ob ect is to provide a hood cover of the above nature whichwill be sn iple 1n construction, inexpensive to manufacture, easy toinstall, compact in size, ornamental in appearance, and very efficientand durable in use.

\Yith these and other objects in view, there have been illustrated onthe accompanying drawings, two forms in which the invention may beconveniently embodied in practice.

Fig. 1 represents a perspective view of the preferred form of hood coveras it up pears while in flat condition. before being folded and placedin position over the hood.

Fig. 2 is a similar perspective view of a modified form of hood coveralso embodying the invention.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view, partly broken away, of the hood cover shownin Fig, 1, as it appears when in position on the hood of an automobile.

Fig. i is a perspective view, with parts broken away, of the preferredform of hood cover, as it appears when assembled in position on the hoodof an automobile.

ieferring now to the drawings in which like reference numerals denotecorresponding parts throughout the several views, the preferred form ofhood cover, which is illusajrated in Figs. 1, 3, and 4:, comprises ahood section 10, originally flat and rectangular in shape and having itsside ends 11 and 12 bent inwardly upon themselves at 18 and 14 forreinforcement. The forward edge of the hood section 10 is provided witha pluraiity of slits 15 forming tabs 16, which are ad ptd t be bent laeral y in fr nt of the radiator into overlapping engagement with eachother, so as to prevent possibility of the tearing or buckling of saidhood cover when it is folded into operating position.

The hood section 10 has a circular aperture 17 at its forward centralportion adapted to fit over the radiator filling inlet 18, as clearlyshown in Figs. and i.

The reinforced side ends 11 and 12 of the hood section 10 are adapted,when the hood cover is folded into position, to lie fiat against thedoors of the hood, and to be secured to said doors by detachable clips19, said clips preferably being substantially U-shaped, and formed fromresilient sheet metal. it 2 Connected to the central part of the frontof the hood section 10 is a relatively narrow neck member Q0, said neckmember being in turn connected to a radiator section 21 adapted to lievertically in front of the radiator of the automobile. The neck mem ber20 is provided with a pair of central apertures 22- and 23, having thesame diameter as the aperture 17, and adapted to aline therewith, whenthe member 20 is folded along the dotted lines 2?), 23", and 23. It willbe understood that when the neck member 20 is thus folded, theconnection between the hood section il and the radiator section 21. willbe strongly reinforced. B means of this construction, there will be nodanger of tearing at, the neck which is the point where the greateststrain is likely to occur in practice.

The radiator section ll is generally rectangular in shape, and as hereinillustrated, has straight side and bottom edges, and curved uppercorners 24. which may be made to correspond with the shape of theradiator. The side edges of the radiator section 21 are adapted to besecured to the tabs 16 of the hood section in any suitable manner. as byrivets, snap fasteners. cement, etc.

In order to permit the passage of a small amount of air through theradiator when the car is running and thereby to prevent overheating ofthe engine, the radiator section 21 is provided with a central flap 25cut out from the material of said section, said flap having a pair ofsnap fasteners 26 and 27 at its bottom edge adapted to engage a pair ofstuds 28 located on the radiator section above said flap 25.

In order to reinforce the sides of the rectangular opening surroundingthe flap 25, a rectangular ring 29 of stiff paper or other suitablematerial may be employed.

In the modified form of the invention shown in Fig. 2, the constructionof hood cover is identical with that of the cover illustrated in Figs.1, 3, and 4, except that the hood section 10 is directly connected withthe radiator section 21 without the use of any intermediate neck member,and the side edges 30 and 31 of the hood section are not reinforced.

It will be understood that either form of hood cover herein disclosedmay be constructed from any suitable waterproof,heatinsulating,material, but stiff paper is deemed to be preferable;

While there have been disclosed in this specification two forms in whichthe invention may be embodied, it is to be understood that these formsare shown for the purpose of illustration only, and that the inventionis not to be limited to the specific disclosures but may be modified andembodied in Various other forms without departing from its spirit. Inshort, the invention includes all the modifications and embodimentscoming within the scope of the following claims.

Having thus fully described the invention, what is claimed as new, andfor which it is desired to secure Letters Patent, is:

1. In an automombile hood cover, a hood section adaptedto lie againstthe outer surface of an engine hood, a radiator section 35 adapted tolie in front of the radiator, a foldable neck member for joining saidhood section to said radiator section, said cover being formed of asingle piece of flat sheet material and bent into contact with the outersurfaces of said hood and radiator.

2. In an automobile hood cover, a hood section adapted to lie againstthe outer surface of an engine hood, a radiator section adapted to liein front of the radiator, a foldable neck member for joining said hoodsection to said radiator section, saidhood section having a. centralaperture in its front portion to fitover the radiator filling inlet,said cover being. formed of a single piece of flat sheet material andbent into contact with the outer surfaces of said hood and radiator.

3. In an automobile hood cover, a hood section adapted to lie againstthe outer surface of an engine hood, a radiator section adapted to liein front of the radiator, a foldable neck member for joining said hoodsection to said radiator section, said hood section having a centralaperture in its front portion to fit over the radiator filling. inlet,said neck member having. a pair of apertures adapted to fit about saidradiator inlet, and adapted when said neck is folded to aline with theaperture in said hood portion, said cover being formed of a single pieceof fiat sheet material and bent into contact with the outer surfaces ofsaid hood and radiator. In testimony whereof, we have aflixed oursignatures to this specification.

FRANCIS A. MAI-IAN. CHARLES H. MCCARTHY.

